Character-count integrity: Meaning (information, definition, explanation, facts)

In telecommunication, character-count integrity is the preservation of the exact number of characters that are originated in a message in the case of message communications, or per unit time, in the case of a user-to-user connection.

Note: Character-count integrity is not the same as character integrity, which requires that the characters delivered are, in fact, exactly the same as they were originated.

Source: from Federal Standard 1037C and from MIL-STD-188